Philips Receives ‘Champion for Change’ Award from Practice Greenhealth for Second Consecutive Year
May 15 2015 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA) today announced that it has
received the ‘Champion for Change’ award from Practice Greenhealth
during an awards ceremony held last night at the annual CleanMed
Conference and Exposition , the premier environmental conference
for leaders in healthcare sustainability. Practice Greenhealth is
North America’s leading healthcare community that empowers its
members to create better, safer, greener workplaces and
communities.
This marks the second consecutive year that Philips has received
this honor in recognition of its green health practices and
sustainability initiatives across the organization. The ‘Champion
for Change’ Award honors businesses that demonstrate successful
accomplishments in making their own organization “greener” and have
assisted their customers in improving their environmental
performance as well.
In multiple “Green Healthcare” projects around the globe,
Philips has supported hospitals to realize electricity savings in
excess of 50 percent in lighting and medical equipment and helped
free-up significant resources for improving the healthcare
environments for patients and staff. Philips SmarthPath and Philips
Diamond Select programs are strong examples of how Philips enables
their customers to re-use materials and to take benefit of the
Circular Economy paradigm shift.
“The depth of Philips’ commitment to sustainability and to
supporting their healthcare customers in realizing cost savings
through green efficiencies, while improving patient satisfaction
and staff productivity, is clearly evident,” said Jeff Brown,
Executive Director of Practice Greenhealth. “We are recognizing
Philips once again this year, for consistently delivering
resource-efficient healthcare solutions to their clients and
assisting them in improving their environmental performance.”
“Sustainability is part of our ambition to make the world
healthier and to improve the lives of 3 billion people a year by
2025”, said Brent Shafer, CEO Philips North America. “The ‘Champion
for Change’ award is a great testimonial to our strategy to
continuously reduce the environmental impact of our operations,
making the world healthier and more sustainable through
innovation.”
For more information on Philips Green Healthcare initiatives,
please visit: www.philips.com/greenhealthcare.
About Royal Philips:
Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA) is a diversified health and
well-being company, focused on improving people's lives through
meaningful innovation in the areas of Healthcare, Consumer
Lifestyle and Lighting. Headquartered in the Netherlands, Philips
posted 2014 sales of EUR 21.4 billion and employs approximately
108,000 employees with sales and services in more than 100
countries. The company is a leader in cardiac care, acute care and
home healthcare, energy efficient lighting solutions and new
lighting applications, as well as male shaving and grooming and
oral healthcare. News from Philips is located at
www.philips.com/newscenter.
For further information, please contact:Philips North
AmericaSilvie Casanova, (o) 978-659-7467(m)
781-879-0692Silvie.Casanova@philips.com
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